Jay Harvill is the softball coach at Mansfield High School in Texas.
He was arrested Thursday and charged with online solicitation of a minor. Coach Harvill has known he was under investigation for some time, as police had seized his home computer on August 18th.
Coach Harvill is believed to have been behind a text message sent out after his arrest that said “Today i was arrested for online solicitation of a minor. I want you to know three things – 1) i have never touched or made a pass at a kid, 2) nothing I said online was with the intent of solicitation – I am sure it will be blown out of proportion by the media but that is their job, 3) this has been the most awful experience of my life.”
The Texas Attorney Generals Office alleged that “Harvill initiated and conducted sexually graphic online chats with someone he thought was a 14-year-old girl,” “The ‘girl’ was actually an undercover police officer with the Cyber Crimes Unit.”
Harvill has been placed on administrative leave by the school district pending the results of the investigation.
Jay Harvill is 35 years old.
